Shorty & all...me, too. Had malignant melanoma removed from my neck via surgery. They took out muscles, glands, a nerve and all (Dr. Capper said it "...amounted to a nice, lady's filet...") Smartarse...still can't lift my arm over horizontal. Going to the orthopedic surgeon tomorrow to get that part (finally) checked and maybe, fixed. At least I'm alive. I let it go so long, cause I couldn't "see" it on the rear side of my neck. I was stupid, OK?
I actually, until the day I got to the hospital, thought that this was "outpatient". After all, it was "only" skin cancer, right?
That was 5 years ago this past August. I never doubted I'd come through clean (at least I never let on to the wife and kids). Sometimes, I woke up sweating and worried...kept it balled inside. Probably what gave me this dang acid reflux, thing.
Now, I've a grandson (I'm only 42, for gawd's sake!) coming in 5 weeks. If I'da missed that... Now, the wife gives me the full body scan every night (that ain't ALL bad
) and doc checks me out, head to toe, if I'm even in for a cold.
It's not a guarantee, either way...but getting checked out and treated early is better than the alternative. :p
